End Of Year Counselor Presentations
I heard amazing feedback from counselors, admin, level leads and even people who didn’t attend but wanted to be a part of it for next year. Your efforts highlighted the great work that is happening within our growing program! Here is what we sent to administrators this week:
On Friday June 2nd, counselors gathered in the level groups to celebrate their school counseling program. During our time together, counselors delivered short presentations to share data and program updates that looked at how students are different as a result of school counseling programming. In alignment with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), school counselors evaluate and share the results of their programs impact and effectiveness with key shareholders. We are so grateful for those that were able to attend our celebration. If you weren’t able to attend, we encourage you to meet with your school counseling team to go over their data and slides.
Below are the slide decks by level for your reference:
Elementary School End of Year School Counseling Presentation
Middle School End of Year School Counseling Presentation
High School End of Year School Counseling Presentation
Thank you again for all of your support of our K-12 School Counseling Program.
Help Teens Quit Vaping
From Aimee Snyder:
Both the Live Vape Free Teen Program and the Helping Teens Live Vape FreeAdult Program are available for FREE in Deschutes County.
- “Live Vape Free” Teen Program is a text-based service for teens 13-17 to help them quit vaping.
- “Helping Teens Live Vape Free” is for adults who want help for how to talk to teens about vaping and how to help them quit.
These services just became available in Deschutes County. We will do a more thorough launch in Fall, but we wanted to get some info out now before we lose students and families to summer.
The info students and families need to get started are in the blurb below and the attached fliers.
New “Live Vape Free℠” program for teens available plus toolkit and resources for parents/adults
We have exciting news! A new program has launched in Deschutes County to help teens ages 13-17 quit vaping. The Live Vape Free℠ Teen Program, offered through health services company, RVOHealth, is a FREE interactive texting program that offers personalized support, messages from peers, and robust tools and resources to help teens successfully quit vaping. Teens just text “VAPEFREE” to 873373 to get started.
For concerned adults and parents, the Helping Teens Live Vape Free℠ includes self-paced online learning, chat support, tools and information to help adults talk with teens about vaping, and for teens that vape, provide support to help them quit. Parents and adults can access the free program here: https://sharedfuturecoalition.org/livevapefree/
To learn more about the program, visit the Shared Future Coalition’s https://sharedfuturecoalition.org/livevapefree/ website.
Additional Resources:
- “Talk They Hear You” app
- Hable. Ellos escuchan.
- Click this link to listen to Bend-La Pine Schools’ Supe’s On podcast called “How vaping is affecting our schools and what we can do to help”
Out of Office Messaging
Many of you already do this, but wanted to give a gentle reminder to set an “Out of Office” for the summer. Here are some ideas to include in your message: crisis support information, link to Care Solace, summer office hours/contact for your school, transcript request information (HS), schedule/class change protocol and process, date of counselors expected return to work for new school year, etc.
